House Bill No. 5332
House Bill No. 5332
PUBLIC ACT NO. 98-175
AN ACT TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM REVIEW AND INVESTIGATIONS
COMMITTEE REGARDING ELDERLY SERVICES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (a) There shall be
established a long-term care planning committee
for the purpose of exchanging information on
long-term care issues, coordinating policy
development and establishing a long-term care plan
for elderly persons. Such plan shall integrate the
three components of a long-term care system
including home and community-based services,
supportive housing arrangements and nursing
facilities. Such plan shall include: (1) A vision
and mission statement for a long-term care system;
(2) the current number of elderly persons
receiving services; (3) demographic data
concerning elderly persons by service type; (4)
the current aggregate cost of such system of
services; (5) forecasts of future demand for
services; (6) the type of services available and
the amount of funds necessary to meet the demand;
(7) projected costs for programs associated with
such system; (8) strategies to promote the
Partnership for Long-term Care Program; (9)
resources necessary to accomplish goals for the
future; (10) funding sources available; and (11)
the number and types of providers needed to
deliver services. The plan shall address how
changes in one component of such long-term care
system impact other components of such system.
(b) The long-term care planning committee
shall consist of: (1) The chairpersons and ranking
members of the joint standing and select
committees of the General Assembly having
cognizance of matters relating to human services,
public health, elderly services and long-term
care; (2) the Commissioner of Social Services, or
his designee; (3) one member of the Office of
Policy and Management appointed by the Secretary
of the Office of Policy and Management; (4) one
member from the Department of Social Services
appointed by the Commissioner of Social Services;
(5) one member from the Department of Public
Health appointed by the Commissioner of Public
Health; (6) one member from the Department of
Economic and Community Development appointed by
the Commissioner of Economic and Community
Development; and (7) one member from the Office of
Health Care Access appointed by the Commissioner
of Health Care Access. The committee shall convene
no later than ninety days after the effective date
of this act. Any vacancy shall be filled by the
appointing authority. The chairperson shall be
elected from among the members of the committee.
(c) Not later than January 1, 1999, and
biennially thereafter, the long-term care planning
committee, shall submit a long-term care plan
pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to the
joint standing and select committees of the
General Assembly having cognizance of matters
relating to human services, public health, elderly
services and long-term care, in accordance with
the provisions of section 11-4a of the general
statutes.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Approved June 4, 1998